Mop wringer



Sept. 13, 1932.

' J. Gv Ross 1,877,054

MOP WRINGER Filed Aug. 22, 1931 "rifas Patented Sept. 13, 1932 'A UNITED STATES JAMES G. Ross, or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Mor WRINGEE.

Application mea August 22, i931. serial No. 558,803.

This invention relates broadly to mops and more specifically to combined mops kand wringers and has for an object to provide a pair of rollers which coact with a cross pin in `securing the mop cloth, one of .the rollers being equipped with a crank handle to permit of the rollers being rotated to feed the mop cloth therebetween and wring out the same as often as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a front guard over which the mop cloth is trained, and which holds the mop cloth from working back between the wringing rollers when in use and which also positions the metal frame of the mop head from touching and scratching the flow While in use. Y

A further object is to provide a light, strong and durable device of this character which will be formed of a Vfew simple parts which arel inexpensive to manufacture and which will not -easily get out of order.

With theV above and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through a mop constructed in accordance with my invention, with parts in elevation, and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the mop, with thev PATENT OFFICE which receives the mop handle 18. The ferrule is,`preferably, secured to the mop handle 13 by means of a bolt 111. y

In further vcarrying out the invention, I M provide a pair of, superposed .rollers 15 and "55 16 which, preferably, are formed of rubber, and, preferably, the lower roller is set forwardly slightly beyond the upper roller 15. The rollers` are provided with metal Arod M, shafts 17, the ends ofrwhich' are rotatably Q460 mounted in suitable openings formed in the spaced plates 10 of the mop head. The shaft of the upper roller is extended outwardlyr beyond one of the side plates 10 and Ais n equipped with a crank 18 having the usual '65 gri 19. Y

The mop cloth 21, of any prefer-red type, 'is doubled upon itself and the bightor loop thereof passed between the .rollers 15 and vm 16 and carried rearwardly therebeyond where vitis passed over a bar 22 terminally secured to the side plates 10 between .and to rear of the rollers. The bar22 is threaded at .one ,end to receive a nut v23 which maybe tightly f screwed up against the adjacent side plate l0 of the mop head to drawthe side plates together against the ends of the rollersand thereby tighten up the rollersA to prevent too `free, rotation thereof, as will be understood. .A

(By simply .unscrewing the nut 28, the rod 22 8'0 may be removed from the mop head to permit removal of the mop cloth 21 or application of the same as often as desired.

`To prevent themop cloth from working Vback between. the rollers during the mop- 85 ping operation, .a transverse arcuate metal guard 24, preferably formed integral with the head or otherwise secured thereto, is provided at the front lower'ends of the side plates 10 below and in front of the lowermost 90 wringing roller 16. i p The mop cloth 21 is passed overthe front side of the guard 24 and extends rearwardly underneath the guard. During the mopc ping operation,tlie guard 211 functions as a "95 stop to yprevent the loop or bight in the mop cloth working rearwardly between the wringing rollers, and also performs the additional lfunction of preventing the `metal side plates 10 from touchingand scratching the floor. "100 From the above description it is thought I `llf that the construction and operation of my improved mop and wringer will be fully understood without further explanation.

tion of preventing the mop cloth from working back between the wringing rollers and also elevating the side plates to prevent thesame touching and scratching the Hoor.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

JAMES G. ROSS. [11. 5.]

Having thus described the invention, I

claim:

1. A combined mop and wringer comprising spaced side plates, spreaders at the rear ends of the side plates directed toward each other and terminating in a ferrule, a handle secured in said ferrule, a pair of superposed wringingrollers carried by said side plates, a crank handle attached to one of said rollers, a bar extending between said side plates in rear of said wringing rollers, a mop cloth doubled upon itself and having the bight passed rearwardly between said wringing rollers and engaged around said bar, and an arcuate guard carried by said side plates below and in front of the lowermost wringing roller over the front side of which said mop cloth is directed and from thence carried rearwardly underneath said guard, the guard having the dual function of preventing the mop cloth working back between the wringing rollers and elevating the side plates so as to prevent the side plates touching and scratching the floor.

2. A combined mop and wring-er comprising spaced side plates, a handle operatively connected to the rear ends of the side plates, saidside plates being resilient, a pair of superposed wringing rollers carried bythe side plates, one of the rollers being equipped with a crank handle, a transverse bar terminally secured to the side plates in rear of the wringing rollers, a nut threaded on one end of the bar and adapted to be tightened against the adjacent side plate for drawing the "side plates together into engagement with the ends of the wringing rollers to prevent too free rotation of said wringing rollers, a mop cloth doubled upon itself and having the bight passed rearwardly between sai-d wringing rollers and engaged around said bar, and a transverse guard carried by said side plates below and in front of the lowermost wringing roller over the front face of which said mop cloth is passed and from thence directed rearwardly underneath the guard to extend rearwardly between and underneath said side 65 plates, the guard performing the dual func- 

